"Big girls need big diamonds."-Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor.

   This week, I'm stepping away from the usual, and paying homage to Elizabeth Taylor.  For decades she was a style icon, and even in the time before her death she was still keeping her own style.

Since her film debut in 1942 with "There's One Born Every Minute,"Taylor changed Hollywood.  Taylor LOVED all things fabulous.  In an article by the LA Times, her jewelry was described as "kumquat-sized diamonds and emeralds" along with dramatic dresses, with Halston, Valentino and Versace as her favorites.  In a November 2009 interview to More magazine, Taylor said "enough is never enough."

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   Who can blame her for her style?  I mean, she had violet eyes for crying out loud!  Personally, I love her style.  The incredible elegance from the fifties-sigh. But that doesn't mean that you'll be seeing me in class with my huge ballgown and 50 million jewels any time soon.
  
   Maybe she got some of her dramatic sense of style through her work on .  Maybe it's just me, but I think that my head would hurt after wearing that headpiece for about five minutes.

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   Later in life, Taylor did not lose her love for bold styles.  One could even say that her love increased.  According to this article from People Magazine, Taylor was called the "life of the party" and had "massive stones on every finger."  The then-76-year-old made sure that everyone knew that she was there.  And after all that she has done, she has every right to that.

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   One last thing for all the fans of her fashion.  According to the Huffington Post, Taylor's jewels will be auctioned.  So start saving your pennies to own a piece of Hollywood's "royal jewels."